With Destiny 2 Forsaken on the horizon, it’s time to take a look at the ups (Warmind) and downs (the rest) of Destiny 2’s year one activities with the month-long Solstice of Heroes event and its rewards. The following is a guide for how to unlock and upgrade your shiny new event armor, the only way to obtain level 400 armor before Forsaken (the weapons are available from the prestige raid lairs).
When Is Solstice of Heroes Active?
From July 31st until August 28th, 2018.
Do I Need Forsaken Pre-Ordered to Take Part in the Solstice of Heroes Event?
No. The Solstice event is available to everyone with the base game, you don’t need Forsaken, Curse of Osiris, or Warmind to take part. Every event, activity or quest is based on just the base game activities.
Can I Still Do These Activities After the Event?
No.
Aside from the Armor, What Else Is There to Unlock?
Alongside the Solstice of Heroes, the event also has several Moments of Triumph achievements and rewards. These can be found from the statue in the Tower (which has two pages) and are retroactive (aside from one to do 25 heroic public events). These can be completed by checking your activity tab like any other bounty. Completing these rewards you with points that count towards unlocking several time-sensitive rewards.
Base Rewards: an Emblem
150 Points: A legendary Ghost shell
250 points: Discount code for a special T-Shirt at the Bungie store.
300 Points: A Legendary 160 speed Sparrow
400 Points: Another Emblem
As well as a special exotic ship only for people who unlock the legendary armor sets on all 3 character slots.
…And Eververse?
Yeah, yeah… Eververse has a new selection of new Exotic sparrows, Ghost shells and emotes as well as a select few Glows for the new event armors. Players get one new engram per character as well as getting both an event engram and Warmind prototype engram per level up (even at max level), along with the Bright Dust shop offering a selection of exclusively Solace items for the Bright Dust.
How Do I Unlock the Armor?
When entering the tower, a statue of 3 Guardians will appear in the middle of the main tower. Interacting with this statue will load you into… Well, it’s cool and I won’t spoil it. Accept the quest in the middle of the area and you will be teleported to a reworked version of the first ever quest, Homecoming. This is the first of the 5 Redux quests and is a more improved version of the original quest, although, Homecoming is by far the easiest of the 5 Redux missions. Upon completion, you are teleported back to the Tower. Interact with the statue again to gain your first set of armor, the Scorched set.
Wait, You Mentioned Level 400 Armor? This is a Light Level 200 Green Set.
Yep, welcome to the main event of this event. Your armor, based on the broken set from the first few missions, is upgraded by completing tasks found on the armor. The armor will go from the uncommon Scorched set to the rare Rekindled set to the final legendary Resplendent set. Upon unlocking the 3rd stage, the final set of (extremely challenging) objectives unlocks the Masterworked set.
And no, you cannot Infuse or Masterwork these items otherwise.
What Are Elemental Orbs?
In order to gain Elemental Orbs, the player needs to have a full set of the event armor on at all times. This means you can’t use any exotics or level 385 armor items. The Orbs will drop depending on your current spec and the element of weapons used. They drop rarely from red bar enemies and much more often from orange bar and mini-bosses.
Do I Always Need to Use the Full Set of Armor to Finish Challenges?
No, aside from the parts that require orbs you only need to use the item you’re completing the upgrade for. So, if your helm needs you to kill 10 Guardians, you only need to wear your helm.
I like How My Armor Looks Now, Can I Keep This Look and Upgrade It?
No need, when you unlock your legendary set, the armor will let you change its appearance to the two previous sets. You can also change the shader from Rare quality onward.
How Do I Complete These Challenges?
Ok, here is what 90% of you came for.

Titan
Upgrade to Rare
Helm
Complete The Spark Redux mission – Welcome to hell; The Spark is one of the hardest missions of the bunch. It IS possible to solo, however the amount of Elite large Shanks that can destroy you very quickly can be hard to overcome. Some advice would be to not go in gaining Orbs. Either only use the helm to upgrade and use high-level armor and exotics. The final boss, a Servitor, seems to be easy, but it’s a trap. When he dies he splits into a lot of elite Servitors, which will destroy you in seconds if you’re not careful. A Roaming super will make quick work of this.
150 Arc Orbs – These can be gained anywhere with no restrictions. Doing quests or activities with a large amount of elite (orange bar) level mobs helps a lot. Starting a Nightfall is a good way to do this as they have many elite enemies. This can be done solo, if you don’t mind wiping over and over again (this is actually the point) Redux missions are also a great way of doing this.
10 kills in the Crucible – Make sure to use Graviton Lance for this. It’s not needed in any way shape or form, but it’s a wonderful broken mess at the moment so you know the drill.
Arms
Complete Homecoming Redux mission – You’ve already done this one, it’s the same as the start. Enjoy how easy it is for now; 1AU is coming.
90 Solar Orbs in Strikes – Can be done by wiping in Nightfall solo, or from Vanguard strikes… DO NOT DO HEROIC STRIKES YOU WILL BE SHREDDED
Complete a meditation with Ikora – Meditations can be found by talking to Ikora in the Tower, Do one of the base game missions.
Chest
Complete the Chosen Redux mission – This quest is hard, as it’s the final mission of the classic campaign ending in the fight with Gary. In this encounter, you won’t get the pools of light or the phase changes like in the base campaign. He has all 3 of his forms from the start and is ALWAYS aggressively rushing you. The best way to counter this if solo is to use your Solar Super and Sleeper Simulant to burst him down. Alternatively, join a fireteam. Either way, if he focuses on you, keep moving. He can drain your shields in seconds and slow you down.
90 Void Orbs in the EDZ – Doing an Earth based Redux mission is the fastest way to do this (Homecoming springs to mind). Graviton Lance an amazing gun to use here. Also, doing Heroic Public events, especially Glimmer Drill, work as a good way to combine doing this part as well as the next.
Complete 10 Heroic public events – Either do them on Earth or the weekly spot. If you’re in a hurry keep away from Taken Blight, as there is always someone running around destroying the smaller Blights.
Legs
1AU Redux mission – Get a fireteam. This can be done Solo, but it is a terribly long and unforgiving mission and easily the most difficult of the 5. Scout rifles help as well as Rockets or any other high AoE weapons. If you have the Whisper Sniper rifle, prepare to love it.
30 Super kills in the Crucible – This is one of the more annoying ones to pull off. Roaming supers and 6v6 is the best way to get this normally. However, the 7th of August the weekly PvP event will be Mayhem, which will speed things up considerably.
50 mini-bosses killed – It seems daunting, but I actually managed this almost by mistake. Doing Heroic Public events and the Redux missions will speed this up considerably.
Class Item
Payback Redux mission – This can be either quite easy or extremely hard depending on how you play it, Take your time, use the tank from range and don’t run in blindly; you can’t respawn your tank and the pads only heal it for a small amount. At the end, you can easily kill the mini boss with either a Sleeper Simulant or a good sniper rifle, just remember to watch your back for enemies.
150 Void Orbs – Follow the advice given above, Graviton Lance helps considerably.
Complete 10 Patrols – Any planet, any Patrol. Not much advice to give here.
Titan Upgrade to Lenegary
Head
Chosen Redux mission – Same as above.
200 Solar Super kills – Adventures with Thrall work best here. Make sure to use masterwork weapons to increase your recharge rate.
Complete the Nightfall (Normal) – Guided games works here, but if you are a solo player, check the Bungie.org Looking for Fireteam, or check on /r/Destinythegame for people boosting (DON’T MAKE A NEW THREAD ABOUT IT CHECK THE RESOURCE PAGE).
Arms
Complete the Payback Redux mission – See above and use a Solar energy weapon to speed part 2 of this up
160 Solar Energy weapon kills – Doesn’t matter which. Skyburners and Sunshot work well, but any old energy weapon with a Solar mod will do fine.
Complete three heroic Strikes – Only use this piece of armor for this. Heroic Strikes are still 350 and while it will be possible with high level weapons, best be safe.
Chest
Complete the 1AU Redux mission – See above and FIRETEAM.
120 Arc grenade kills – Incredibly easy if you own the Skullfort exotic helm. Simply find an area with a constant stream of low health mobs and use shoulder charge to reset your melee damage. Pulse Grenades work best for this.
Win 5 Playlist Crucible matches – These can’t be private, so either buddy up or get lucky (or skill… you know)
Legs
Spark Redux mission – See above and MANY SERVITORS HANDLE IT
60 void melee kills – Use the top tier of the Sentinel tree; when Defensive strikes is active, all melee kills will count as Void, so find some Thrall and get punching. It is also possible to use a Void sword (even one without ammo) to do this, but I have no idea if this is a bug or if/when they will hotfix it.
Complete 10 Adventures – Each world vendor has 3-4 Adventures you can replay, I BELIEVE you can also do heroic Adventures but I forgot to check this so don’t take that as fact. Also find a device to watch or listen to something in the background with this because it’s going to get very boring.
Class Item
Homecoming Redux mission – See above.
80 Arc power weapon kills – Simple enough. World Line Zero will speed this up to no end.
Kill 500 Monsters – Any kind and from anywhere, just go crazy.
Many of these are Repeats of the Titan unlocks just in different orders, so if no Tips are given, check above for my recommendations.

Warlock
Upgrade to Rare
Head
Complete the Spark Redux mission – “Knock knock.” Who’s there? “30000 Servitors.” 30000 Servitors wh–AAAARGH!!
30 kills with your Super in the Crucible – Mayhem, use a Roaming super.
10 Crucible kills
Arms
Complete the Homecoming Redux mission
90 Arc Orbs in Strikes
Complete a meditation with Ikora
Chest
Complete the Chosen Redux mission
Collect 150 Solar Orbs
Complete 10 Heroic public events
Legs
Complete the 1AU Redux mission – I will see orange bar Phalanxes in my nightmares.
90 Void Orbs in the EDZ
Defeat 50 mini-bosses
Class-Item
Complete the Payback Redux mission
Collect 150 Void Orbs
Complete 10 patrols – Remember they are removing Cayde’s lines from these, so get the memories/ugly cries in while you can.
Rare to Legendary Unlock
Head
Complete the Chosen Redux mission
160 Void energy weapon kills – Graviton Lance is your BFF
Complete the Nightfall – DFA won’t drop just so you know.
Arms
Payback Redux mission
60 arc melee kills – Thrall and Chain Lightning work best
Complete three heroic Strikes
Chest
1AU Redux mission – *shudders forever*
120 Solar grenade kills – Sunbreakers are almost needed here.
Win 5 Playlist Crucible matches – Still non-private
Legs
Complete the Spark Redux mission
200 Arc Super kills
Complete 10 Adventures
Class Item
Complete the Homecoming Redux mission
80 Solar power weapon kills
Get 500 kills

Hunter
Hunter Uncommon to Rare upgrade
Head
Complete the Spark Redux mission
90 Solar Orbs in the EDZ
10 kills in the Crucible
Arms
Complete the Homecoming Redux mission
Collect 150 Arc Orbs
Complete a meditation with Ikora
Chest
Complete the Chosen Redux mission
Collect 90 Arc Orbs in Strikes
Complete 10 heroic public events
Legs
Complete the 1AU Redux mission
150 Void Orbs
Defeat 50 mini-bosses
Class Item
Complete the Payback Redux mission
Get 30 kills with your Super in the Crucible
Complete 10 Patrols
Hunter Rare to Legendary upgrade
Head
Complete the Chosen Redux mission
160 Void energy weapon kills
Complete the Nightfall
Arms
Complete the Payback Redux mission
120 Void grenade kills
Complete three heroic Strikes
Chest
Complete the 1AU Redux mission
80 Solar power weapon kills
Win five Playlist Crucible matches
Legs
Complete the Spark Redux mission
60 Solar melee kills – At the time of Writing, killing enemies with a Solar sword with no ammo counts towards this.
Complete 10 Adventures
Class Item
Complete the Homecoming Redux mission
200 Arc Super kills
Complete 20 challenges – These can be done on any planet, Strike or Crucible.
Masterwork Challenges (all Classes)
Finishing these will unlock the masterwork option and grant you 5 Masterwork cores needed to upgrade the item. Also, unlike the past 2 grinds, you do not need to finish all the items in order to unlock the masterwork for each item; they can be done individually.
Head
Complete the Prestige Nightfall within the point threshold – Check the reward emblem from the Nightfall in question to get the score needed.
Arms
Complete five heroic strikes in a group with at least one clanmate
Chest
Complete the Prestige Leviathan raid
Legs
Reach the Valor rank of Legend in the Crucible – If this is causing a problem, enter a Crucible match with the armor on and wait for the end.
Class Item
Defeat 10 bosses – Strike, Raid and Heroic Public event Bosses count, Lost sectors and Patrol chest mobs do not.
A Special thanks to Reddit users Uberwolf_ and RiseofBacon for their guides
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